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I No. 622,65l. Patented Apr. 4, I899. J. A. MUUBE.

BAG FASTENER.

(No Model.)

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JAMES A. MOORE, OF GRASS CREEK, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO O. B. DOWNS AND MARTIN BURNS, OF SAME PLACE.

BAG FASTNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,651, dated April 4, 1899. Application filed December 17, 1898. Serial No. 699,579. (No model.)

To all whom it'may concern: formed at its other end, said coil being bent 50 Be it known that I, JAMES A. MOORE, a citiat right angles to the portion having the loop.

zen of the United States, residing at Grass The second part of the fastener (shown at Creek, in the county of Fulton and State of B) has at one end a hook B, while its other Indiana, have invented certain new and useend is bent at right angles to its portion havful Improvements in Bag-Fasteners; and I ing the hook, and this angled end b is passed 55 do declare the following to be a full, clear, and through the coil and has its extreme end bent exact description of the invention, such as over the edge of the coil, whereby the two will enable others skilled in the art to which it parts are retained together.

appertains to make and use the same, refer- In applying the fastener to a sack the top ence being had to the accompanying drawof the sack is gathered up and the coil grasped 6o ings, and to the letters of reference marked with the gathered portion of thebag,whichwill thereon, which form a part of this specificahold the two pieces forming the fastener in a tion. position to be easily fastened to each other by This invention relates to new and useful inserting the hook in the loop. The coil improvements in bag-fasteners,andespecially serves also as a convenient means to attach to a fastener which is so constructed that it the fastener to the bag. may be held in a suitable position to have its It will be observed that as the two pieces ends hooked together as the hand of the opforming the fastener are swung into a posi* 2o orator grasps the gather-top of the bag, said tion to allow of their ends being hooked tofastener being of such a construction as to gether the bent end of the piece B contacts allow of its being readily secured to the bag, with the top turn of the coil, which is slightly fitting close to the sack without the ends of inclined, and thus serves to hold the free the fastener projecting so as to be in the way. ends of the pieces from swinging open should 2 5 Afurther and important part of the present the ends from any cause become unfastened.

invention resides in the peculiar construction Having thus described my invention, what of fastener made up of two pieces, one of I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letwhich is formed into a coil, which embraces ters Patent, is-

the bent end of the second piece, thus form- A bag-fastener, comprising a curved wire 30 ing a hinge and serving as a means for hold- A, one end bent into a coil, which is at right ing the fastener while being hooked. angles to the longitudinal portion of said To these ends and to such others as the inwire, anda loop A at its other end, combined vention may pertain, the same consists, furwith the curved wire B having an upwardlyther, in the novel construction and arrangeextending loop B at one end, a portion of the 3 5 ment of the device, as will be hereinafter wire B bent at right angles and extending more fully described, and then specifically through the coil, the extreme end of the pordefined in the appended claim. tion extending through the coil being hook- The invention is clearly illustrated in the shaped and engaging over the inclined and accompanying drawings, which, with the letcurved end of the coil, whereby as the two 40 ters of reference marked thereon, form apart wires are swung together to be locked, the

of this application, and in which drawings hooked end I) will travel up said inclined end 0 Figure l is a perspective view showing the of the coil, and cause the wires to bind at their bag-fastener secured to a bag. Fig. 2 is an pivotal portions, as set forth. enlarged view of the fastener with the parts In testimony whereof I affix my signature 5 separated. in presence of two witnesses.

Reference now being had to the details of JAMES A. MOORE. the drawings by letter, A designates. one of Witnesses: the pieces of the fastener, which is provided CLIFFORD B. DOWNs,

with a loop A. at one end, while a coil A is MARTIN BURNS. 

